The Year 9 ICT classes were recently set a task by their Teacher Mrs J Ferris to design a front cover for the 2015/16 Student Planner.

Principal Mr N Megaw had the difficult task of selecting the best entry and after much deliberation, Rebekah McLean was awarded 1st place, Darryl Geary 2nd place and Philip Watt 3rd place.

Congratulations to Rebekah, Darryl and Philip.

29/05/15 - Ulster Bank Quickstart Companies

Year 9 LLW students visited Ulster Bank Belfast recetnly as part of the Young Enterprise ‘Quickpitch Challenge’. The pupils had submitted short films based on their ‘Quickstart Companies’ in hope of winning the overall prize of an ipad. The standard was extremely high and our pupils were ranked third overall - an excellent achievement considering this programme is ran throughout the whole of Northern Ireland!

William McBride and Jessica Acheson were very privileged to be selected for an interview with Jim Eastwood, Young Enterprise Ambassador and finalist of the BBC Apprentice. Both pupils spoke extremely well and received great applause from the audience, which included many representatives from the Ulster Bank Branch and local entrepreneurs. Well done to everyone for taking part!

29/05/15 - Year 11 Geography Field Trip

Year 11 Geography students spent Tuesday 26 May investigating the Yellow Water River in Rostrevor, to obtain fluvial data for their GCSE controlled assessment task. Each student had the opportunity to handle specialist equipment provided by Killowen Outdoor Educational Centre and work as a team to record current and accurate information based on the river’s ability to erode. The investigation was led by Vincent McAlinden (Field Instructor from Killowen OEC) and their own Geography teacher, Mrs E Flanagan.

The day was a great success and thoroughly enjoyed by all.

29/05/15 - End of Term Key Dates Finalised

Click on the link below to find out key dates as we approach the end of the 2014/15 school year.

Congratulations to Year 9 pupil Sam Blackwood as he has excelled in a prestigious competition run by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) in collaboration with the popular computer game Minecraft. The challenge was to build an iconic building from a list of 5 ranked in order of difficulty. Sam elected to build the most difficult option (Houses of Parliament) and recently found out that he came 2nd out of over 100 entries worldwide.

The fact that the winner was a 28 year old chartered surveyor makes Sam 2nd place finish even more impressive. Well done Sam – click here to view his impressive work under the name Nie Longbottom.

Newtownhamilton High School will be celebrating 60 years of education during the 2015-16 school year. The school, which opened on 1st September 1955, is planning a number of forthcoming events to mark this important milestone and are appealing to any former pupils or staff to provide a copy of any old photographs to the school office. Further information can be obtained by contacting the school office on 02830 878246.

07/05/15 - New 2G Pitch Opens for Pupils

There was much excitement today as our new 2G pitch opened for the pupils. Both boys and girls burnt off some energy by playing football while other pupils elected to take things a little more easier by observing from the impressive new dugouts.

An official opening will occur at a later date.

05/05/15 - Intermediate Maths Challenge Success

Pupils at Newtownhamilton High School achieved 1 gold and 4 bronze certificates in this year's UK Mathematics Trust Intermediate Maths Challenge. Over 200,000 pupils from across the UK sat the Intermediate Maths Challenge with roughly the top 6% receiving a gold certificate, the next 13% silver and the next 21% bronze.

A special mention goes to Alex Smyth who was the top pupil in school and received a gold certificate and a certificate for best in school.

Certificate winners are pictured along with their teacher Miss V Hadden.

01/05/15 – Peter is SRC Student of the Year

Congratulations to Year 12 pupil Peter Falloon following his selection as the Southern Regional College Student of the Year at the School Partnership Programme Awards in the Canal Court Hotel today. Peter excelled in all of his 4 modules covered and also picked up the Best in Subject Award for both Electrical Wiring and Land Based Machinery. Peter achieved even more success as he also collected the Best in School Award and the 100% Attendance Award.

Congratulations must also go to Robert McBride for collecting the Best in Subject Award for both Plumbing and Carpentry & Joinery. Simanas Miliunas also achieved the Best in Subject Award for Digital Technology.

Principal Neil Megaw stated “Firstly I want to offer congratulations to all our pupils that attended the awards ceremony – they represented our school superbly. Well done to both Robert and Simanas for their Best in Subject Awards but special mention must be reserved for Peter Falloon as he collected 5 major awards, including the top prize of SRC Student of the Year. This is the second consecutive year that a pupil from Newtownhamilton High has been the top SRC Student and therefore I was extremely proud to represent our small successful school at this event”.